About Webinar

The Indian TV Industry is at a crossroads. On one hand, Broadcasters have hiked their channel prices post-Trai’s New Tariff Order 2.0, defeating the very purpose of making TV more affordable to the masses. On the other, the rapid adoption of Broadband is fueling the growth of Digital Platforms like YouTube, Facebook, WhatsApp, as well as OTTs. Amid all this, there are the DPOs who are fearing a loss of their livelihood due to cord-cutting by consumers. A new range of 5G services via mobile wireless is also rising on the horizon, ready to disrupt existing ways of doing Business Digitally as well as getting Entertained.

This year’s Video & Broadband Summit will delve deep to get a perspective on some of these key issues, including the Rising Cost of Video Entertainment, Changing Business Models and Revenue Models, Value-Added Services, and getting back to basics in a Post-Pandemic World. It will also discuss the concerns and opportunities around the 5G Telecom Threat, Virtual MVPDs, Cable TV’s Technology and Back-End Challenges, DPO’s Marketing Drive, and the gradual expansion of Over the Top (OTT) Platforms.

About The Panelists

Keynote Address: Shashi Shekhar Vempati, Chief Executive Officer | Prasar Bharati

FireSide Chat Between Anil Wanvari - Founder, Editor-in-Chief, CEO | Indiantelevision Dot Com Group &  Anuj Gandhi | M&E Consultant

Panel 1: Getting Back to Basics and to a Post Pandemic World
Anil Malhotra, Head – Public & Regulatory Affairs | Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited
Prem Ojha, Group CEO | Fastway|Net+Broadband
Prashant Chothani, Founder and CEO | Travelxp
Rajdeepsinh Gohil, Sr Sales Director – ME, Central & South Asia | Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited
Sandeep Gupta, COO - Broadcasting Business | Shemaroo Entertainment
Sunil Joshi, Head Of Distribution - South Asia | BBC Global News
Moderator:- Shaji Mathews, FSCTE | Ex- Sr. VP Startv and CEO KCCL

Fireside Chat between Anil Wanvari, Founder, CEO & Editor in Chief | Indiantelevision.com Group & Vynsley Fernandes, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer | NXTDIGITAL Limited

Panel 2: Shaping the growth of Linear TV Distribution & Subscription.

Amit Arora, President, Affiliate Sales,India, South Asia & APAC | Indiacast
Ashish Pherwani,  Partner, Media & Entertainment Advisory Services | Ernst & Young
Gurjeev Singh Kapoor - Head - Distribution and International, India | Star & Disney India
Sambasivan G, Chief Financial Officer | Tata Sky
SN Sharma - Chief Executive Officer | DEN Networks Limited
Vynsley Fernandes, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer | NXTDIGITAL Limited
Moderator:- Anil Wanvari, Founder, CEO & Editor in Chief | Indiantelevision.com Group

Panel 3: The 5G Opportunity
Abhishek Gupta - Vice President IT | Dish TV
MN Vyas - Founder, Director | PlanetCast
Salil Thomas - General Manager & Head (ACV & Technology) | Asianet Satellite Communications Ltd
Yann Begassat - Business Development Director | Broadpeak
Moderator -Rajeev Gambhir, Sr Director Technology and Policy | Satcom Industry Association - India

Fireside Chat Between Anil Wanvari, Founder, CEO & Editor in Chief | Indiantelevision Dot Com Group & Saurabh Sancheti, Chief Financial Officer | Jio Platforms Ltd

Panel 4: Delighting the Indian Consumer - Challenges & Opportunities
Nagesh Chhabria, Promoter | Metrocast
Rajib Mukherji, EVP-Strategy | IndiaCast Media Distribution Pvt Ltd.
Rouse Koshy, Chief Operating Officer | NXTDigital
Yatin Gupta, Senior VP | GTPL
Moderator: L V Krishnan - CEO - TAM Media Research